Taken Back In Time

"Be ready in 15
minutes! I'm picking you up and we're going to check out my mid-life crisis car!" quipped my half serious hubby.

Pulling into the car lot, we drove over to an awesome, blue '73 VW Bug. A manual, it had a sunroof, a real weakness for my hubby.

We both marveled over what good condition it was in for a 37 year old car! Hubby was sorely tempted to buy it, even though it needed a lot of work. Though it leaked oil and smelled of gas, it ran just fine!

Hubby and I took it out for a spin along the service road. The memories it brought back were priceless. My mom had two little Beetles like this, one red and the other yellow. Both were semi-automatic (stick, no clutch), and fun to drive!

My dad especially loved to tinker around with it. He was a tailor by trade, but a mechanic at heart, fixing appliances, radios, and tvs for the fun of it. Shear pleasure for him, which also meant less mechanic bills!

At that same time period, I had owned a beautiful '73 Ford Mustang. I can only hope my "Yellow Banana", as I called it, is still on the road like this little Bug!


Oh, happy daze... ! --LKR

Cute Fuzzy Bug

Isn't this little guy so cute?! It's a bee fly--I think a large bee fly. It would make a cool, fluffy stuffed animal for kids! Years ago, we bought our oldest daughter a big, fluffy bumblebee we got from IKEA to try to rid her of her fear of bees. (Didn't...work... .)

By the way, that long, sharp looking "thing" on the front of his face is how he drinks up nectar from flowers. It's not a stinger! --LKR